Ngauranga Gorge all slippery

[svs]

Take care up the Gorge.....


NZ Police CommCens Alert 12:00 16-03-2007 Wellington

Location of incident: Northbound lane, Ngauranga Gorge

Incident Type: Traffic Delays

Traffic Delays

A truck has spilled tallow onto the northbound merging lane from Taylor Prestons, Ngauranga Gorge. Road surface is very slippery. The entrance to Taylor Prestons has been closed. As a result, traffic is backing up on the northbound lane. Police and Roading Contractors are in attendance.

Drive with care.

[Skunk]

Beat me to it... Cheers for the heads up anyway.

[bistard]

Thanks for the heads up!!
I will take it very easy on the way home in my four wheel drive car
If I see any of you guys in trouble I will be sure to stop!!
Bistard

[Wasp]

where is taylor prestons?! im heading into newlands tonight.... will i hit this stuff? (why today :()

[XP@]

I Just learned a new word!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallow
Tallow is rendered mutton, beef or other bovine fat, processed from suet. Rendered fat obtained from pigs is known as lard.

[bistard]

I Just learned a new word!

Lard arse sounds much better than "Tallow Arse doesnt it??

[bistard]

where is taylor prestons?! im heading into newlands tonight.... will i hit this stuff? (why today :()

Heading North,it is the intersection,that turns off to the left,about half way up(freezing works & Quary),just before the Newlands off ramp

[Wasp]

oh crud, cheers

how dangerous is tallow (yes i know what tallow is)

[Hans]

oh crud, cheers

how dangerous is tallow (yes i know what tallow is)

Think of someone spilling bearing grease onto the road. Then you'll know how bad tallow is. I'd consider an alternate route.

[MikeyG]

They spilt my tallow. Now how am I going to get into my gimp suit

[Wasp]

okay, will take haywards up and come down through tawa/jville

cheers guys!

[Kinje]

To make soap, first we render fat

Can we substitute with tallow???:2guns:

[Nasty]

I went through there at 1.30 and there were no problems at all :)